Another Black Pearl is leaving the shop this weekend!  AND, it’s an international order to boot.   Over the summer I was commissioned to build it by a customer from Ottawa, Ontario.   I finished work on it this weekend.  He’s driving over on Sunday to pick it up. Full details [...]

  Björn Thommason, the designer of the fabulous Black Pearl sea kayak, recently posted a short article on his website promoting my current build. The original is in Swedish. He has yet to post his usual English translation.  The Google Translate version is quite clear (which is actually scary).  Not sure what “Dancing construction methodology” or “Scuba” was supposed to be… (Th 1/5/12: His English version is up… Google was pretty close http://www.thomassondesign.com/nyheter/inspirerande-black-pearl-bygge On the [...]

Scott recently launched the “Neytiri” Hybrid Night Heron… in a local pool.  Oh well.  It IS winter in New England.  He posted a few videos on his blog. Below is an except: I finally got Neytiri over to water today – too bad it was chlorinated instead of salty!!  However, [...]

My two year old daughter, Danielle, loves books.  She can’t read yet but she loves looking at the pictures.  When she finds a book she loves she’ll carry everywhere through the house.  Last week it was “The Little Big Book for Moms.”   Yesterday, it was “Kayaks of Greenland.”  Bookmark on [...]

A fellow kayak builder, Pedro Almeida, has an annual paddling fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.  They paddle from Miami to Key West, Florida.  This year will be their tenth trip.  I’ve lost many friends and relatives to cancer and have some that are currently battling it.  Hopefully you can [...]